Nigeria, Jan. 9 -- An investigative panel in Imo State has said a former governor, Rochas Okorocha, allegedly diverted over N6 billion from the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC).

This was contained in a report by the panel which said N6,044,774,341.37 of the agency's funds could not be accounted for, the Nation newspaper reports.

The report comes about seven months after the panel was set up to carry out the investigation.

The current state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, had in June 2019, set up the eight-man panel to probe the activities of Mr Okorocha's administration.

He had mandated the committee to, among other things, conduct a forensic audit on the accounts of the state domiciled in several banks.

Mr I...